GeForce GT 420M and GeForce 9500 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 420M vs GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce GT 420M
417
GeForce 9500 GT
162
GeForce GT 420M
GeForce 9500 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N11P-GE
G96
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
September 2010
July 2008
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
-
+
Core clock speed
500 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
96
32
Floating-point performance
192 gflops
89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
32
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
6.0 billion/sec
8.8 billion/sec
Memory type
(G)DDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A